Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And Saul sought to smite David even to the wall with the javelin; but he slipped away out of Saul's presence, and he smote the javelin into the wall: and David fled, and escaped that night.

General references

Bible References

Sought

1 Samuel 19:6
Saul listened to Jonathan and swore [an oath], “As the Lord lives, he shall not be put to death.”
Hosea 6:4

O Ephraim, what shall I do with you?
O Judah, what shall I do with you?
For your [wavering] loyalty and kindness are [transient] like the morning cloud
And like the dew that goes away early.
Matthew 12:43
“Now when the unclean spirit has gone out of a man, it roams through waterless (dry, arid) places in search of rest, but it does not find it.
Luke 11:24
“When the unclean spirit comes out of a person, it roams through waterless places in search [of a place] of rest; and not finding any, it says, ‘I will go back to my house (person) from which I came.’
2 Peter 2:20
For if, after they have escaped the pollutions of the world by [personal] knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in them and are overcome, their last condition has become worse for them than the first.

He slipped

1 Samuel 20:33
Then Saul hurled his spear at him to strike him down, so Jonathan knew [without any doubt] that his father had decided to put David to death.
Job 5:14

“In the daytime they meet in darkness,
And at noon they grope as in the night.
Psalm 18:17

He rescued me from my strong enemy,
And from those who hated me, for they were too strong for me.
Psalm 34:19

Many hardships and perplexing circumstances confront the righteous,
But the Lord rescues him from them all.
Proverbs 21:30

There is no [human] wisdom or understanding
Or counsel [that can prevail] against the Lord.
Isaiah 54:17

“No weapon that is formed against you will succeed;
And every tongue that rises against you in judgment you will condemn.
This [peace, righteousness, security, and triumph over opposition] is the heritage of the servants of the Lord,
And this is their vindication from Me,” says the Lord.
Luke 4:30
But passing [miraculously] through the crowd, He went on His way.
John 10:39
So they tried again to seize Him, but He eluded their grasp.

And escaped

Psalm 124:7

We have escaped like a bird from the snare of the fowlers;
The trap is broken and we have escaped.
Matthew 10:23
“When they persecute you in one city [because of your faith in Me], flee to the next; for I assure you and most solemnly say to you, you will not finish going through all the cities of Israel before the Son of Man comes.

General references

Jeremiah 34:11
But afterward they backed out [of the covenant] and made the male servants and the female servants whom they had set free return [to them], and brought the male servants and the female servants again into servitude.